The Voice in the Night" is a short story by William Hope Hodgson, first published in the November 1907 edition of Blue Book Magazine. In this story, a schooner at sea ("becalmed in the Northern Pacific") is approached in the middle of "a dark, starless night" by a small rowboat. The passenger aboard the ship, who refuses to bring his boat close alongside and requests that the sailors on the schooner put away their lantern, tells a disturbing tale. Initially begging food for his fiancee, he receives a box of foodstuffs, floated to him in a wooden box. Later that same evening he returns to report that his fiancee is grateful for the food, but will soon die, and he tells the sailors his full story.
- ISBN10 1304461815
- ISBN13 9781304461810
- Publish Date 30 September 2013
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format eBook
- Language English